Producer Price Indices in April 2007

Producer prices for manufactured goods rose by 3.9 per cent, export prices by 3.6 per cent and import prices by 2.6 per cent from April 2006 to April 2007. The basic price index for domestic supply went up by 4.4 per cent in the year. The year-on-year change in the wholesale price index amounted to 3.8 per cent.

Producer prices for manufactured goods were pushed up especially by increases in the prices of copper, nickel and electricity from previous year's April. The rise in the prices was curbed by falls in the prices of oil products and electrical products.

From March to April, producer prices for manufactured goods went up by 0.8 per cent. The rise was mainly caused by increases in the prices of copper, nickel and oil products. The rise in the prices was curbed by falls in the prices of electricity and electrical products.

Month-on-month and year-on-year changes in Producer Price Indices in April 2007

Indices (2000=100)	Point figure 04/2007	Change % 03/2007 - 04/2007	Change % 04/2006 - 04/2007
Producer price index for manufactured products, total	102.5	0.8	3.9
Export price index	94.8	1.2	3.6
Import price index	114.4	1.7	2.6
Basic price index for domestic supply	113.5	0.9	4.4
Wholesale price index	110.9	0.8	3.8

Source: Producer Price Indices 2007, April. Statistics Finland

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Last updated 16.5.2007

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Producer price indices [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-3695. April 2007. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/thi/2007/04/thi_2007_04_2007-05-16_tie_001_en.html